Date of birth:

September 23rd, 1913 (Breslau/Schlesien)

Date of death:

May 28th, 1970 (Osnabrück)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
00.00.1941: Leutnant d. R.
00.00.1943: Oberleutnant d. R.
19.10.1943: SS-Sturmmann
00.00.1944: Hauptmann d. R.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Führer, 8. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 28, 8. Jäger-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

February 9th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 23.03.1943) describes why Lüdcke was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberleutnant Lüdcke successfully held an 850 metre-wide swamp sector south of Lake Ilmen with just 67 men. He and his troops defended the sector for two days against an enemy that outnumbered them tenfold.”

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 81)